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Juggling work, the kid and the kitties in the Coronapocalypse

The Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement Office’s Cleo Quinlivan shares her self isolation story… I’m the office manager and EA to the director so I’m used to my days being full of a million different things to juggle and organise. Now that we’re working from home, I’m finding that I need to adjust to a very…

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A newly blended family in lockdown

The Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement Office’s Marnie Middlemiss shares her self isolation story… Life in lockdown has certainly taken some adjustment. My partner, Jon, and I went into self-isolation two weeks ago, as his colleague had developed symptoms and we all got new coughs. Jon and I moved into together in August last year. Over…

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Corona, Baby & Me

The Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement Office’s Meredith Brooklyn shares her self isolation story… If there is any way to make an already nerve wracking experience like pregnancy any more isolating, it would have to be throwing a global pandemic into the mix. What at the best of times feels like a small alien taking over…

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When life give you limes…. Put them in a Corona(virus)

Hello there, Nic here from the alumni team. I’m currently sitting at my dining table in Brighton working from home and wondering how we got to this point. It’s very odd. Since most events at the university have been postponed or cancelled, the best way of us keeping up with you right now is online…

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A career change towards sustainable architecture by alumnus Ewe Jin Low

Ewe Jin Low graduated in Architecture in 1983 and is now working with bamboo. Here is his story in his own words: ‘I was fortunate enough to work in a fast paced company in Arundel, Sussex after coming straight out of Brighton Polytechnic. We designed and built business parks in the hi-tech style of those…

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Help three graduates with their new venture!

Harrison graduated with a BA Hons Law with Business degree in 2015. He’s now in the process of setting up a business with two other graduates. Read his story….. “After leaving the University of Brighton in 2015, I was a lot like most of my friends and classmates; I didn’t really know what I wanted…

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Alison’s leading role for the Fringe

University of Brighton graduate and recipient of an honorary doctorate degree, Alison Lapper MBE, has been chosen as Freedom Season Ambassador for the Brighton Fringe Festival. The Freedom Season was created in 2018 as a way for disabled, neuro-diverse, deaf and hard of hearing audiences and artists to access the festival more easily. The season…

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How Dumbo inspired top fashion designer

Walt Disney’s big-eared elephant Dumbo is the inspiration for the latest collection from one of the UK’s leading fashion designers, Brighton-based Ong Oaj Pairam. Ong, who graduated from the University of Brighton with a BA(Hons) in Fashion and Business in 2008, is famed for his luxury women’s wear designs including his film premiere creation for…

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Business School alumna lands the top role at Costa Coffee

A University of Brighton graduate has been appointed CEO of the US-owned coffeehouse chain Costa Coffee. Jill McDonald, who graduated in 1986 with a first in Business Studies BA(Hons), has enjoyed a meteoric career rise: she was Chief Executive of McDonald’s fast food chain, Head of Global Marketing for British Airways, Chief Executive of Halfords…

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Graduate’s ‘Naked Truths’ chosen for national exhibition

A University of Brighton graduate has been selected to exhibit her work in FBA Futures 2020, the annual survey of contemporary figurative art being produced in UK art schools. Miranda Forrester, who graduated this year in Fine Art Painting, created ‘Naked Truths’ which will feature in what is the UK’s largest annual survey of its…

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